Medical Colleges In India

Did you know that medical colleges in India have a total of 93851 seats? These colleges offer MBBS, Diploma, MD, MS, DM, MCh. MCI (Medical Council of India), that approves and regulates medical colleges, keeps an updated list of colleges at mciindia.org under information desk.

In India, there are 497 colleges that offer MBBS with a total of 60680 seats. The MCI also lists 52 odd colleges that have been closed. It is always advisable to candidates that they look at the recognition status of a college before taking admission in it.

Here we will talk about all the medical colleges in India. Since the list is quite extensive, it will be divided state wise.

Medical Colleges In India

Students, whether from India or any other country (foreign national), who wish to study medical programs in India, can do in any of the MCI approved medical colleges. The rules of admission are quite simple. Aspirants who fulfill eligibility criteria of entrance exam as well as college should apply for relevant entrance exam and college. Thereafter, upon qualifying entrance exam, they can participate in admission counselling and get admission on basis of merit.

There are a handful of entrance exams when it comes to admission to medical colleges in India. For MBBS programs, the entrance exams are NEET (conducted by NTA), JIPMER, AIIMS. NEET is the most important one statistically as it is the only MBBS entrance exam for admission to all MCI approved medical colleges in India except AIIMS and JIPMER!

Coming to PG medical colleges, there are more number of entrance exams, however even then it is quite simple. The PG medical entrance exams are NEET PG, AIIMS PG, JIPMER PG, PGIMER. There are a few more exams when it comes to super speciality courses. There are other exams for Diploma also. For more elaborate details of medical entrance exams, check medical entrance exams 2019, and medical entrance exams 2020.

Now let us finally come to the list of medical colleges in India. Please select the state, for which you want to see list of colleges from list below.

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List Of All Medical Colleges In India That Offer MBBS

As on this date, there are 497 medical colleges in India that offer MBBS. The oldest one, as per records displayed by MCI, is Madras Medical College in Chennai, that was established in 1835. There are 28 colleges with 250 MBBS seats, which is the maximum number of MBBS seats in any college in India.

Top Medical Colleges In India

College rankings play an important role for students as well as the academia as a whole. There are so many factors that are considered by a student before taking admission. To start with, one wishes to know learning resources in that college, quality of faculty, research facilities, reputation.

When it comes to medical colleges ranking in India, another important aspect that students want to consider is the hospital associated with that college and bed strength. This is one reason that has often preceded the “brand” reputation of a college. So even if a new campus of a college is set up, of a very popular college, if the hospital associated with the new campus is not that lucrative, then students prefer other options.

As you may know, there are many organizations that publish college rankings in India. However we believe that ranking of medical colleges is a very sensitive issue, and is absolutely uncompromisable. Therefore, rather than showing you all the rankings, we would like you to see the NIRF rankings prominently. Other than that, you may also go through other rankings. However for any ranking, try to understand the parameters that have been used for ranking also, and also see which otherwise reputed colleges are not in the list because they did not participate at all.

Without further ado, here is the NIRF Ranking.

NIRF Medical Colleges Ranking 2018

This is the list of top 25 medical colleges in India as per NIRF ranking 2018.

Name

City

State

Score

Rank

All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi

New Delhi

Delhi

90.71

1

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

78.73

2

Christian Medical College

Vellore

Tamil Nadu

73.61

3

Kasturba Medical College

Manipal

Karnataka

62.03

4

King George`s Medical University

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

61.73

5

Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research

Puducherry

Pondicherry

59.27

6

Banaras Hindu University

Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh

58.52

7

Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences

New Delhi

Delhi

57.12

8

Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh

Uttar Pradesh

56.34

9

Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

55.32

10

Jamia Hamdard

New Delhi

Delhi

54.42

11

M. S. Ramaiah Medical College

Bengaluru

Karnataka

54.12

12

Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital

New Delhi

Delhi

53.98

13

Dayanand Medical College

Ludhiana

Punjab

52

14

University College of Medical Sciences

Delhi

Delhi

51.35

15

Kasturba Medical College

Mangalore

Karnataka

51.11

16

Panjab University

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

49.74

17

Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth

Pune

Maharashtra

49.42

18

Siksha `O` Anusandhan

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

49.19

19

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

48.77

20

PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research

Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu

48.45

21

SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

48.34

22

Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute

Puducherry

Pondicherry

47.98

23

Annamalai University

Annamalainagar

Tamil Nadu

47.79

24

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College

Belgaum

Karnataka

47.71

25

And here is the map for all these top colleges.

After the above rankings were revealed, many students enquired why colleges such as MAMC New Delhi, LHMC New Delhi, GSMC Mumbai were not in the list. Their absence in the list is quite glaring as NEET opening and closing ranks show that toppers usually go to these colleges. However, as mentioned before, there can be several reasons why a college is not a list.

To start with, some colleges do not participate in the rankings. This may be due to administrative reasons, or simply lack of coordination when concerned personnels are busy in college related matters and are unable to complete documentation required for these rankings.

Therefore, students should usually take the rankings with a pinch of salt and do a more thorough research before joining any college.